diff --git a/.github/workflows/post-merge-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/post-merge-ci.yml
index 7e48980a5504..6c63f4bb1390 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/post-merge-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/post-merge-ci.yml
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           vcluster_name: ${{ needs.deploy-operator.outputs.vcluster_name }}
           vcluster_namespace: ${{ needs.deploy-operator.outputs.namespace }}
-      - name: Install GAIE prerequisites (Gateway API, kgateway, Inference Extension CRDs)
+      - name: Install GAIE prerequisites (Gateway API, agentgateway, Inference Extension CRDs)
         shell: bash
         env:
           KUBECONFIG_B64: ${{ steps.connect-vcluster.outputs.kubeconfig_base64 }}
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "${KUBECONFIG_B64}" | base64 -d > ${{ github.workspace }}/.kubeconfig_gaie
           export KUBECONFIG=${{ github.workspace }}/.kubeconfig_gaie
           export NAMESPACE=default
-          bash deploy/inference-gateway/scripts/install_gaie_crd_kgateway.sh
+          bash deploy/inference-gateway/scripts/install_gaie_crd_agentgateway.sh
           rm -f ${{ github.workspace }}/.kubeconfig_gaie
       - name: Run GAIE Deploy Test
         id: deploy-test
diff --git a/deploy/inference-gateway/scripts/install_gaie_crd_kgateway.sh b/deploy/inference-gateway/scripts/install_gaie_crd_kgateway.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c8d2e5ae7d8c..000000000000
--- a/deploy/inference-gateway/scripts/install_gaie_crd_kgateway.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
-
-echo "install_gaie_crd_kgateway.sh is deprecated; installing agentgateway instead." >&2
-exec "${SCRIPT_DIR}/install_gaie_crd_agentgateway.sh" "$@"
diff --git a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/.helmignore b/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/.helmignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e8a0eb36f4c..000000000000
--- a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/.helmignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# Patterns to ignore when building packages.
-# This supports shell glob matching, relative path matching, and
-# negation (prefixed with !). Only one pattern per line.
-.DS_Store
-# Common VCS dirs
-.git/
-.gitignore
-.bzr/
-.bzrignore
-.hg/
-.hgignore
-.svn/
-# Common backup files
-*.swp
-*.bak
-*.tmp
-*.orig
-*~
-# Various IDEs
-.project
-.idea/
-*.tmproj
-.vscode/
diff --git a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/Chart.yaml b/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/Chart.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b632dcd2c66e..000000000000
--- a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/Chart.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-apiVersion: v2
-name: dynamo-gaie
-description: A Helm chart for installing Inference Gateway Inference Extension with Dynamo
-
-# A chart can be either an 'application' or a 'library' chart.
-#
-# Application charts are a collection of templates that can be packaged into versioned archives
-# to be deployed.
-#
-# Library charts provide useful utilities or functions for the chart developer. They're included as
-# a dependency of application charts to inject those utilities and functions into the rendering
-# pipeline. Library charts do not define any templates and therefore cannot be deployed.
-type: application
-
-# This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
-# to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
-# Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.2.0
-
-# This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
-# incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
-# follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
-# It is recommended to use it with quotes.
-appVersion: "1.16.0"
diff --git a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/epp-config-dynamo.yaml b/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/epp-config-dynamo.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 83da5d28d6e9..000000000000
--- a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/epp-config-dynamo.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# Dynamo EPP Configuration
-
-apiVersion: inference.networking.x-k8s.io/v1alpha1
-kind: EndpointPickerConfig
-# This config uses the same disagg-profile-handler as disaggregated deployments.
-# With no "prefill" profile defined, the handler runs only the "decode" profile
-# and the decode scorer receives isDisaggregated=false, enabling full KV cache
-# overlap scoring for aggregated mode. Adding prefill workers and a prefill
-# profile would automatically switch to disaggregated routing.
-plugins:
-  - type: disagg-profile-handler
-
-  # Label filter: restricts pods to decode workers
-  - name: decode-filter
-    type: label-filter
-    parameters:
-      label: "nvidia.com/dynamo-sub-component-type"
-      validValues:
-        - "decode"
-      allowsNoLabel: true
-
-  # Picker: chooses the final endpoint after scoring
-  - name: picker
-    type: max-score-picker
-
-  # Dynamo decode scorer: calls Dynamo FFI decode router, handles request lifecycle
-  - name: dyn-decode
-    type: dyn-decode-scorer
-
-schedulingProfiles:
-  - name: decode
-    plugins:
-      - pluginRef: decode-filter
-        weight: 1
-      - pluginRef: dyn-decode
-        weight: 1
-      - pluginRef: picker
-        weight: 1
diff --git a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/NOTES.txt b/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/NOTES.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1..000000000000
diff --git a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/_helpers.tpl b/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/_helpers.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 30f4ba59349c..000000000000
--- a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-{{/*
-Expand the name of the chart.
-*/}}
-{{- define "dynamo-gaie.name" -}}
-{{- default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
-{{- end }}
-
-{{/*
-Create a default fully qualified app name.
-We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
-If release name contains chart name it will be used as a full name.
-*/}}
-{{- define "dynamo-gaie.fullname" -}}
-{{- if .Values.fullnameOverride }}
-{{- .Values.fullnameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
-{{- else }}
-{{- $name := default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride }}
-{{- if contains $name .Release.Name }}
-{{- .Release.Name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
-{{- else }}
-{{- printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name $name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
-
-{{/*
-Create chart name and version as used by the chart label.
-*/}}
-{{- define "dynamo-gaie.chart" -}}
-{{- printf "%s-%s" .Chart.Name .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
-{{- end }}
-
-{{/*
-Common labels
-*/}}
-{{- define "dynamo-gaie.labels" -}}
-helm.sh/chart: {{ include "dynamo-gaie.chart" . }}
-{{ include "dynamo-gaie.selectorLabels" . }}
-{{- if .Chart.AppVersion }}
-app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion | quote }}
-{{- end }}
-app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
-{{- end }}
-
-{{/*
-Selector labels
-*/}}
-{{- define "dynamo-gaie.selectorLabels" -}}
-app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "dynamo-gaie.name" . }}
-app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
-{{- end }}
-
-{{/*
-Resolve the fully qualified Dynamo namespace as "<release namespace>-<dynamoGraphDeploymentName>"
-*/}}
-{{- define "dynamo-gaie.dynamoNamespace" -}}
-{{- $dgdName := (.Values.dynamoGraphDeploymentName | default "") | trim -}}
-{{- if not $dgdName }}
-{{- fail "set dynamoGraphDeploymentName to derive the Dynamo namespace" }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- $releaseNamespace := (.Release.Namespace | default "") | trim -}}
-{{- if not $releaseNamespace }}
-{{- fail "Release.Namespace must be set to derive the Dynamo namespace" }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- printf "%s-%s" $releaseNamespace $dgdName }}
-{{- end }}
-
-{{/*
-Create the name of the service account to use
-*/}}
-{{- define "dynamo-gaie.serviceAccountName" -}}
-{{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create }}
-{{- default (include "dynamo-gaie.fullname" .) .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
-{{- else }}
-{{- default "default" .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
diff --git a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/cluster-role-binding.yaml b/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/cluster-role-binding.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b2345a26f6f..000000000000
--- a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/cluster-role-binding.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-kind: ClusterRoleBinding
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-metadata:
-  name: pod-read-binding
-subjects:
-- kind: ServiceAccount
-  name: default
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
-roleRef:
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: pod-read
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/cluster-role.yaml b/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/cluster-role.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b9336231b9c0..000000000000
--- a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/cluster-role.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-kind: ClusterRole
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-metadata:
-  name: pod-read
-rules:
-# Gateway API inference resources (experimental API)
-- apiGroups: ["inference.networking.x-k8s.io"]
-  resources: ["inferencepools", "inferenceobjectives", "inferencemodelrewrites"]
-  verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
-# Gateway API inference resources (stable API)
-- apiGroups: ["inference.networking.k8s.io"]
-  resources: ["inferencepools"]
-  verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
-# Core resources for pod discovery
-- apiGroups: [""]
-  resources: ["pods"]
-  verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
-# Dynamo k8s service discovery - endpointslices
-- apiGroups: ["discovery.k8s.io"]
-  resources: ["endpointslices"]
-  verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
-# Dynamo k8s service discovery - worker metadata CRs
-- apiGroups: ["nvidia.com"]
-  resources: ["dynamoworkermetadatas"]
-  verbs: ["create", "get", "list", "watch", "update", "patch", "delete"]
-# Authentication/authorization
-- apiGroups:
-  - authentication.k8s.io
-  resources:
-  - tokenreviews
-  verbs:
-  - create
-- apiGroups:
-  - authorization.k8s.io
-  resources:
-  - subjectaccessreviews
-  verbs:
-  - create
diff --git a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/dynamo-epp.yaml b/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/dynamo-epp.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e8d8503e0cb..000000000000
--- a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/dynamo-epp.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,166 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-{{- /* ------------ file-scope vars (no output) ------------ */ -}}
-{{- $platformNs   := default .Release.Namespace .Values.platformNamespace -}}
-{{- $platformName := default "dynamo-platform" .Values.platformReleaseName -}}
-{{- $useDynamo    := default false .Values.epp.useDynamo -}}
-{{- $resolvedDynNs := (include "dynamo-gaie.dynamoNamespace" .) | trim -}}
-{{- $ns           := ternary (required "set dynamoGraphDeploymentName when epp.useDynamo=true" $resolvedDynNs) "" $useDynamo -}}
-{{- $useEtcd      := default false .Values.epp.dynamo.useEtcd -}}
-{{- $eppImage     := required "extension.image is required - set via --set-string extension.image=$EPP_IMAGE or in values file" .Values.extension.image }}
-
----
-# Deployment for the EPP (Endpoint Picker Plugin)
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: {{ .Values.model.shortName }}-epp
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
-  labels:
-    app: {{ .Values.model.shortName }}-epp
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: {{ .Values.model.shortName }}-epp
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: {{ .Values.model.shortName }}-epp
-      annotations:
-        # Exclude Istio sidecar injection: EPP serves TLS on port 9002
-        # (--secure-serving true); an Istio sidecar in STRICT mTLS mode
-        # causes a double-TLS handshake failure on that port.
-        sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
-    spec:
-      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 130
-
-      {{- if .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
-      imagePullSecrets:
-      {{- range .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
-        - name: {{ . | quote }}
-      {{- end }}
-      {{- end }}
-
-      containers:
-      - name: epp
-        image: "{{ $eppImage }}"
-        imagePullPolicy: {{ default "IfNotPresent" .Values.epp.imagePullPolicy }}
-        args:
-        {{- if .Values.epp.argsOverride }}
-        {{- toYaml .Values.epp.argsOverride | nindent 8 }}
-        {{- else }}
-          - --pool-name
-          - "{{ .Values.model.shortName }}-pool"
-          - --pool-namespace
-          - "{{ .Release.Namespace }}"
-          - --pool-group
-          - "inference.networking.k8s.io"
-          - -v
-          - "4"
-          - --zap-encoder
-          - "json"
-          - --grpc-port
-          - "9002"
-          - --grpc-health-port
-          - "9003"
-          {{- if $useDynamo }}
-          - --config-file
-          - "{{ .Values.epp.configFile }}"
-          {{- end }}
-        {{- end }}
-
-        volumeMounts:
-          - name: hf-cache
-            mountPath: /home/nonroot/.cache
-        {{- if $useDynamo }}
-          - name: epp-config
-            mountPath: /etc/epp
-            readOnly: true
-        {{- end }}
-
-        env:
-        {{- if $useDynamo }}
-          - name: POD_NAMESPACE
-            valueFrom:
-              fieldRef:
-                fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-          - name: POD_NAME
-            valueFrom:
-              fieldRef:
-                fieldPath: metadata.name
-          - name: POD_UID
-            valueFrom:
-              fieldRef:
-                fieldPath: metadata.uid
-          {{- if $useEtcd }}
-          - name: ETCD_ENDPOINTS
-            value: "{{ $platformName }}-etcd.{{ $platformNs }}:2379"
-          {{- else }}
-          - name: DYN_DISCOVERY_BACKEND
-            value: "kubernetes"
-          {{- end }}
-          - name: NATS_SERVER
-            value: "nats://{{ $platformName }}-nats.{{ $platformNs }}:4222"
-          - name: DYN_NAMESPACE
-            value: "{{ $ns }}"
-          - name: USE_STREAMING
-            value: "true"
-          # HuggingFace token for downloading model config files
-          # Without this, HuggingFace rate-limits requests (429 Too Many Requests)
-          - name: HF_TOKEN
-            valueFrom:
-              secretKeyRef:
-                name: hf-token-secret
-                key: HF_TOKEN
-                optional: true
-        {{- end }}
-        {{- range .Values.epp.extraEnv }}
-          - name: {{ .name }}
-            value: {{ .value | quote }}
-        {{- end }}
-          - name: RUST_LOG
-            value: "debug,dynamo_llm::kv_router=trace"
-
-        ports:
-          - containerPort: 9002
-          - containerPort: 9003
-          - name: metrics
-            containerPort: 9090
-        livenessProbe:
-          grpc:
-            port: 9003
-            service: inference-extension
-          initialDelaySeconds: 5
-          periodSeconds: 10
-        readinessProbe:
-          grpc:
-            port: 9003
-            service: inference-extension
-          initialDelaySeconds: 5
-          periodSeconds: 10
-
-      volumes:
-        - name: hf-cache
-          emptyDir: {}
-      {{- if $useDynamo }}
-        - name: epp-config
-          configMap:
-            name: {{ include "dynamo-gaie.fullname" . }}-epp-config
-            items:
-              - key: epp-config-dynamo.yaml
-                path: epp-config-dynamo.yaml
-      {{- end }}
diff --git a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/epp-configmap.yaml b/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/epp-configmap.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index bb53f0f9b137..000000000000
--- a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/epp-configmap.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "dynamo-gaie.fullname" . }}-epp-config
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "dynamo-gaie.name" . }}
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
-data:
-  epp-config-dynamo.yaml: |
-{{ (.Files.Get "epp-config-dynamo.yaml") | indent 4 }}
diff --git a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/http-router.yaml b/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/http-router.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f65abe54a69..000000000000
--- a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/http-router.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-{{- if .Values.httpRoute.enabled }}
-{{- /* Default gatewayNamespace to the release namespace if not specified */ -}}
-{{- $gatewayNs := default .Release.Namespace .Values.httpRoute.gatewayNamespace }}
-apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: HTTPRoute
-metadata:
-  name: {{ .Values.model.shortName }}-route
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
-spec:
-  parentRefs:
-  - group: gateway.networking.k8s.io
-    kind: Gateway
-    name: {{ .Values.httpRoute.gatewayName }}
-    namespace: {{ $gatewayNs }}
-  rules:
-  - backendRefs:
-    - group: inference.networking.k8s.io
-      kind: InferencePool
-      name: {{ .Values.model.shortName }}-pool
-      namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
-      port: {{ .Values.inferencePool.port }}
-      weight: 1
-    matches:
-    - path:
-        type: PathPrefix
-        value: {{ .Values.httpRoute.path.prefix }}
-    timeouts:
-      request: {{ .Values.httpRoute.timeout.request }}
-{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/inference-pool.yaml b/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/inference-pool.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ce41905b6661..000000000000
--- a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/inference-pool.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# InferencePool (stable API - inference.networking.k8s.io/v1)
-# Used by both kGateway (to resolve HTTPRoute backends) and EPP (to discover backend pods)
-apiVersion: inference.networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: InferencePool
-metadata:
-  name: {{ .Values.model.shortName }}-pool
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
-spec:
-  targetPorts:
-    - number: {{ .Values.inferencePool.port }}
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      nvidia.com/dynamo-component: Frontend
-      nvidia.com/dynamo-namespace: {{ include "dynamo-gaie.dynamoNamespace" . }}
-  endpointPickerRef:
-    group: ""
-    kind: Service
-    name: {{ .Values.model.shortName }}-epp
-    port:
-      number: 9002
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/service.yaml b/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/service.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 389546c9e3aa..000000000000
--- a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/templates/service.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: {{ .Values.model.shortName }}-epp
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
-spec:
-  selector:
-    app: {{ .Values.model.shortName }}-epp
-  ports:
-    - protocol: TCP
-      port: 9002
-      targetPort: 9002
-      appProtocol: http2
-  type: ClusterIP
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/values.yaml b/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/values.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a0e805b9e0b..000000000000
--- a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/values.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# Default values for dynamo-gaie.
-# This is a YAML-formatted file.
-# Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
-
-# Name of the DynamoGraphDeployment (DGD) that backs this gateway integration
-dynamoGraphDeploymentName: "vllm-agg"
-
-# This is the port on which the model is exposed
-model:
-  # This is the model name that will be used to route traffic to the dynamo model
-  # for example, if the model name is Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B, then the modelShortName should be qwen
-  identifier: "Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B"
-  # This is the short name of the model that will be used to generate the resource names
-  shortName: "qwen"
-
-# InferencePool configuration
-inferencePool:
-  # Target port number for the inference pool
-  port: 8000
-
-# HTTPRoute configuration
-httpRoute:
-  # Enable the HTTPRoute
-  enabled: true
-  # Gateway parent reference configuration
-  gatewayName: "inference-gateway"
-  # Namespace where the Gateway resource is deployed
-  # Leave empty ("") to use the release namespace, or set explicitly (e.g., "default")
-  gatewayNamespace: ""
-  # Path matching configuration
-  path:
-    prefix: "/"
-  # Timeout configuration
-  timeout:
-    request: "300s"
-
-extension:
-  # EPP image for the GAIE extension (required - no default)
-  # Set via --set-string extension.image=$EPP_IMAGE or in your values file
-  image: ""
-
-# generic knobs you may want in both modes
-imagePullSecrets:
-  - docker-imagepullsecret
-
-epp:
-  imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-  # Add env in name/value pairs
-  extraEnv: []
-  # If you ever want to completely override args, supply a list here.
-  # When empty, chart will render sane defaults
-  argsOverride: []
-
-  # Dynamo routing mode - set to true to enable KV-aware routing via Dynamo EPP image
-  useDynamo: true
-
-  # Dynamo-specific settings (only used when useDynamo: true)
-  configFile: "/etc/epp/epp-config-dynamo.yaml"
-  dynamo:
-    # Use ETCD for discovery instead of Kubernetes (default: false)
-    # Set to true via --set epp.dynamo.useEtcd=true to enable ETCD discovery
-    useEtcd: false
-
-# Platform configuration (for Dynamo mode)
-platformReleaseName: dynamo-platform
-platformNamespace: "my-model"
diff --git a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/vllm_agg_qwen.yaml b/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/vllm_agg_qwen.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 481a94533f58..000000000000
--- a/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/vllm_agg_qwen.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-# Default values for dynamo-gaie.
-# This is a YAML-formatted file.
-# Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
-
-# Name of the DynamoGraphDeployment (DGD) backing this model deployment.
-dynamoGraphDeploymentName: "vllm-agg"
-
-# This is the port on which the model is exposed
-model:
-  # This is the model name that will be used to route traffic to the dynamo model
-  # for example, if the model name is Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B, then the modelShortName should be qwen
-  identifier: "Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B"
-  # This is the short name of the model that will be used to generate the resource names
-  shortName: "qwen"
diff --git a/docs/kubernetes/inference-gateway.md b/docs/kubernetes/inference-gateway.md
index 6bd9a905101d..8440ba690f58 100644
--- a/docs/kubernetes/inference-gateway.md
+++ b/docs/kubernetes/inference-gateway.md
@@ -107,12 +107,6 @@ make info # Check image tag
 
 ### 5. Deploy
 
-We recommend deploying Inference Gateway's Endpoint Picker as a Dynamo operator's managed component. Alternatively,
-you could deploy it as a standalone pod.
-Note that when deploying Dynamo with the Inference Gateway Extension each worker must have the FrontEnd as a sidecar.
-
-#### 5.a. Deploy as a DGD component (recommended)
-
 We provide an example for the Qwen vLLM below.
 You have to deploy the Dynamo Graph and the `HTTPRoute`.
 The example `http-route.yaml` resolves the `Gateway` in the same namespace as
@@ -200,44 +194,6 @@ The example `http-route.yaml` resolves the `Gateway` in the same namespace as
 the route. If you install the `Gateway` in one namespace and apply the route in
 another, add `parentRefs[].namespace: <gateway-namespace>` to `http-route.yaml`.
 
-#### 5.b. Deploy as a standalone pod
-
-We do not recommend this method but there are hints on how to do this here.
-
-##### 5.b.1 Deploy Your Model ###
-
-##### 5.b.2 Install Dynamo GIE helm chart ###
-
-```bash
-cd deploy/inference-gateway/standalone
-
-# Export the EPP image - use the Dynamo FrontEnd image or build your own EPP image (see section 4)
-export EPP_IMAGE=<the-epp-image>
-```
-Create a model configuration file similar to the vllm_agg_qwen.yaml for your model.
-
-```bash
-helm upgrade --install dynamo-gaie ./helm/dynamo-gaie -n my-model -f ./vllm_agg_qwen.yaml --set-string extension.image=$EPP_IMAGE
-```
-
-By default, the Kubernetes discovery mechanism is used. If you prefer etcd, please use the `--set epp.dynamo.useEtcd=true` flag below.
-
-```bash
-helm upgrade --install dynamo-gaie ./helm/dynamo-gaie -n my-model -f ./vllm_agg_qwen.yaml --set-string extension.image=$EPP_IMAGE --set epp.dynamo.useEtcd=true
-```
-
-Key configurations include:
-
-- An InferenceModel resource for the Qwen model
-- A service for the inference gateway
-- Required RBAC roles and bindings
-- RBAC permissions
-- dynamoGraphDeploymentName - the name of the Dynamo Graph where your model is deployed.
-
-
-**Configuration**
-You can configure the plugin by setting environment variables in the EPP component of your DGD in case of the operator-managed installation or in your [values.yaml](https://github.com/ai-dynamo/dynamo/blob/main/deploy/inference-gateway/standalone/helm/dynamo-gaie/values.yaml).
-
 Common Vars for Routing Configuration:
 
 **Enabling KV-Aware Routing (most precise)**
@@ -271,8 +227,6 @@ To disable the EPP from listening for KV events (e.g., when prefix caching is of
 - `DYN_ROUTER_TRACK_OUTPUT_BLOCKS` — Track output blocks during generation (default: false)
 - See the [KV cache routing design](../design-docs/router-design.md) for details.
 
-Stand-Alone installation only:
-- Overwrite the `DYN_NAMESPACE` env var if needed to match your model's dynamo namespace.
 
 **Service Mesh Integration (Istio)**